What Makes Buildings Beautiful?

According to the video, what is the quality that makes some buildings and urban environments attractive?

• Functionality

• Innovation

• Beauty

• Size

What did the 2011 survey in the United States find the strongest correlation with, in terms of a place's attributes?

• Physical beauty

• Basic services

• Safety

• Education

According to the video, what is the part of the brain that processes fear and can cause a fight-or-flight reaction?

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Amygdala

• Thalamus

What is the term used to describe nested structures that are self-similar on multiple levels of scale, often found in nature?

• Ornament

• Curves

• Symmetry

• Fractals

According to the video, what do humans seem to strongly prefer above asymmetry?

• Curves

• Fractals

• Ornament

• Symmetry

What did the study by psychologist David Halpern discover about the preferences of architecture students and non-architecture students?

• They had similar preferences

• Non-architecture students preferred traditional buildings

• Architecture students and non-architecture students had opposite preferences

• Architecture students preferred modern buildings

According to the video, what is the word used to describe the love of nature and the inherent preferences for natural shapes and features?

• Fractals

• Symmetry

• Biophilia

• Ornament

What did the study using eye tracking technology reveal about the shapes and features that humans naturally like?

• Animals, plants, faces, and humans

• Organised complexity

• Plain facades

• Sharp angles

According to the video, what do humans need a certain amount of from their environment to function in a normal way?

• Informational load

• Symmetry

• Curves

• Ornament

What did the analysis of the Louvre building in Paris reveal about its features?

• Lacks symmetry

• Lacks ornament

• Displays symmetry, curves, and ornament

• Lacks fit for purpose